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WAR GRAVES COMMISSION: “MONUMENTS TO THE BRITISH RACE."

Two years will see the completion of the rest work-started in 1917 of the Imperial War Graves Commission. The 6th annual report of the Commission, published on the anniversary of the be ginning of the grea: German offensive of March, 1015, contains a comprehensive description of its work and, for the first time, numerous illustrations of mem- orials and cemeteries, together with a roflection of maps. These have been in- chaled in the report this year in response to requests from those interested in the work of the Commission.

MAY

6TH, 1925

LAW SUIT OVER A WORD.” GIRL LOSES CLAIM IN WILL PISPUTE.

Whether the word "sliver" was to be regarded as a noun or an adjective was a point raised last month, nt Durham Chancery Court in case in which Miss Muriel Trery aged 19, of Darlington, sought possession of certain silver date and jewellery under the will of her grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Trery, who died in 1913 leaving estate of more than £13,000,

Mr. H. & Mandahl said that Mrs. Terry's will bequeathed all my silver and guld trinkets, "jewels, and wearing apparel" to Mariel Trey and, Madeline l'etts in equal shares.

Small black flags on the various maps

Mrs. Trery possessed a large quantity indicate the distribution of the gene- teries. In tireat Britain they are spread of valuable silver plate, but very little from the Firth of Forth to Cornwall.in the way of jewellery, or trinkets for Across the Channel, and at ance there personal adorament, and Miss Trery's stands out on the way what at frst sight claim was that, having regard to thosa. is a great black hioth. Closer inspection sirenstances, the word silver should be reveals those little Bags, placed there for read as a roun... illustration purposes, tightly packed to- gether. They remind one in simplest of language where the greatest struggies took place.

THE SOME "PATCH."

391430 The 'silver

worth hundreds of

pounds, and the presumption was that Mrs. Trery would not have made pruvi- sion for small things and left substantial things unprovided for:

The Chancellor, Mr., Tindal Atkinson, was admitted On the Somme there is a great black .C., remarked that gold

to be a descriptive adjective in regard patch; another round the Ypres Salient s the string of flags contiungs past Arto trinkets. How could they get over mentières and district. Then comes Nor the difficulty that silver was joined by n thern italy, with the cemeteries on the conjunction with gold! If Mrs. Trery Asiago platena elearly indicated. These had meant to give a different, applica cemeteries are probably the most beautition to the words she would have written iny gold trinkets." He ful in the world. One of them faces "silver and dowa the centre of Italy, on the very formd for the defence. edge of that high plateau, overlooking the wide plain of the Piave."

The little black flags are found on the maps at Nish, Sofia, and Salonika, where

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stands a memorial to the "missing and MARRIAGE TANGLE OF 490 YEARS the Salonika Force at Lake Doirnn. There is also a dome-shaped memorial in the Indian, Cemetery, Manastir" Roal, Salonika. They continue their story on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Palestine, and wherever men of the Empire served and died. And in these cemeteries no diff erence is made between the graves others or meu; nor could there be where the fall strength of nations was used with ent respect of persons. The Commission is responsible for the resting places of 41.019,582 who died for the British Empire

In Switzerland there is one cemetery Vevey where lie the remains of British prisoners of war.

Over each grave is a simple beadstone,

It is expected that romantic episodes of Scottish history will be recalled when the claim of Sir.Brze Seton Gordon to he Lord Gordon in the Paerage of Scot and comes before the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords shortly. The petition is being opposed by the Marquis of Huntly, premier marquis of Scotland, as representative of a line which once held the title. It is stated that one of the main problems of the case will be the unravelling of a mariinge tangle of about 190 years ago.

The first Earl of Hontly was a Seton, and he also held the title of Lort Gor-

In the larger cenicteries there is the great don. It is said that he rid himself of Cross of Sarriace, designed by Sir Rebis first wife on the ground that she was inal Blomfield, together with Sir Edwin too closely related to him. Then he Lutyen's Stone of Remembrance, bearing married again.

the simple inscription, Their name liveth for evermore. In the Lone Pine Cemetery, on the summit of Anzak Ridge, stands a pylon 50 feet high.

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Greek sandals are likely to be worn by and elegant Parisiennes this summer silk stockings banished, says a fashion note in a London paper.

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and is fastened round the ankle by a ribbon fitted with a shimmering buckle. war, it has a Parisian high heel. but, unlike the ancient Grecian foot-

Shoe manufacturers declare that the fashion wil spread rapidly, as it has already proved popular at Riviera water-

In his introduction to the Report. Sir Fabian Ware, the Vice-Chairman says that ali dhips passing in the future in out of the Darlanelles will sight on the highest ground above Cape Helles a monument vising 100 feet against the sky, At the southern entrance to the Suez Canal there is being built a monument to the Indian troops consisting of a square obelisk, 65 feet in height, with five groups of statuary depicting a crouching tiger on guart, defending the nonument froto ap proach from the canal and from the sca.- Similar collective remorials will be erreted in France and Belgium. That at the Menin Gate at Ypres is now in courting-places." of construction. On it will be inscribed the names of 80,000 missing soldiers whe have no known graves. For other men- orials in France sites have been selected Sel Jouarre, Cambrai, ut La Ferte Soissons St. Quentin, Arras,, Armen tieres, and Bethune.

"These cemeteries and memorials, which have been built in honour of the dead. are at the same tine monuments, unique in history. to the achievements of the British Face and the British Common wealth of Nations." Sir Fabian Ware con cludes Thes are in all parts of the Old Work, and in that which was un- known to ancient empires and querors and they will hear a messze to future generations as long as the Lone of which they are constructed endures."

DAME LLOYD GEORGE.

LETTER TO SPIRITED

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LABOUR

Duur Margret Lloyd George addressed the following letter to the editor of the Daily Heral on April 1st:-

"In today's Buily Herold you make An 'offensive attack on me, or rather through ine, on Lord Oxford and my husband, in connection with the report that I had lost a necklace supposed to be "I bave alrendy-con- valued at $1,090.

tradicted the report as to the value, and publicity has been given to that con- tradiction in every paper "except yours. It suits you rather to repeat the mis-state- ment. If you are earious as to the real

I can value of his lust necklace," lighten you. It was not worth phe fortieth. and probably not one-fiftieth of the gift made to your leader. when he was Prime Minister by one of his capitalist friends.

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have no recollection that, at the time of that princely gift or since, you have rebuked Mr. Ramos Mr

you do Lord Oxford and my husband on the proof that transaction gave of the betrayal of his class and the abandonment of the simple tastes of his youth. If that example of your partiality as a censor does not mice, I can quote a few more from your own political household which your are much better illustrations of

theme than my overvalued necklace,

Most of my pearls were given me from time to time by my husband out of his carnings as a journalist since he left office.

it a crime for him to cara. high fees

for writing 1 If he is to be arraigned for the offence, many of the most promin- ent Socialist lenders-ex-Ministers and others-ought to be in the dock with him. "In fine, had you not better cleanse you own stable firat before you undertake to sweep the dust on the Liberal floor?"

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